Residents' call to halt reactors in southwest Japan rejected

FUKUOKA, April 6 Kyodo - Photo taken March 24, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. The Fukuoka High Court on April 6 rejected a call by local residents for an injunction to halt the restart of the two units.

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